Adrian Stott wrote: > "Neil Arlidge" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Talk of planners the WWW's planning dept at RB Windsor and >> Maidenhead has had the most bizarre descions by the Secretary Of >> State recently, flying totally against all government planning >> policies. > > No change there, then. > > A few years ago, the RB refused approval of a residential mooring > (after one of its wandering staff had just happened to come across it) > that had been in use for about 50 years (but with unprovable > continuity), because it didn't allow dwellings in the flood plain. > Good thing Noah didn't come from there, eh? Fortunately, the > government changed the national law at the crucial time, and the > mooring became legal automatically through ten year's use. > > Also, the RB had (has?) rules saying: > > (a) Only one boat may be moored to a riverfront property. > > So I asked "irrespective of size?" and was told "yes". So I said, "If > you are going to let me moor a 38 m barge there, what is the logic in > not letting me moor two 10 m cruisers instead?". There was no > coherent answer. > > So I asked "How do you treat tenders? Are they OK if they are kept on > top of the main boat, or does that count as two boats being moored? > Are they OK if they are floating? What if they are folded up and kept > in a locker on board". There was no coherent answer. > > (b) The moored boat must be owned by the owner of the property it is > moored to. > > So I asked "All of it? What if the owner owns only a (e.g.) 1% > share?" There was no coherent answer. > > So I asked "How can you tell (for enforcement purposes) whether a > moored boat has the same owner as the property it is moored to?" There > was no coherent answer. > > So I asked "What if the boat owner is a tenant of the property it is > moored to?" There was ..... > > > Overall, I concluded that the RB had not got a clue on the topic. > > But it was a fun phone call. > > Adrian > > Adrian Stott > 07956-299966
The RBWM planning department is in York Stream House, but they had no idea where York Stream (part of the Maidenhead Rivers Project) was! ;-) At least one boatowner works there now, so she will probably get the riverside applications. Talk of the Maidenhead Rivers Project...we walked/drove all we could of the course last Sunday...it does seem a bit of a no hoper. -- Neil Arlidge - NB Earnest - Shannon Reg 7410...not here anymore... Follow the truly independent TNC at : http://www.tuesdaynightclub.co.uk Visit this site and help save our waterways from the DEFRA cuts http://www.saveourwaterways.org.uk/
